Ruling device.



M. M E YERHEIML BULING DEVICE.

APPLICATION III-ED 1.9. 1010.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910. 4

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS,

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Specification-of Letters latent.

Patented (hot. 25;, 19M).

Application filed 5 51119, mo; serial no. 5541386.

1'0- cl'l whom itimuy concern:

Be it known, that I, MAX Marnnnnnvr, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ruling Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable tliose skilled in the art to which it appertai'iis to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for ruling paper, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class by means of which sheets of paper of any kind or class may be quickly and easily ruled in any desired manner; a further objectbeing to provide a device of the class specified which may be used as a toy by children, not only for ruling paper but for printing pictures thereon; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed,

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and'in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im proved ruling device and showing the method of its operation; Fig. 2 a plan view of the ruling device; Fig. 3 a sectional detail plan view of said device; Fig. 4 a face view of a printing disk or roller which forms a part of my improvement when used for the purpose of printing pictures on paper, and ;-Fig. 5 a view of a strip of paper containing pictures printed thereon by means of the disk or roller shown in Fig. 4.

In the practice ofmy invention I a device of the class'specified, com rising a yoke-shaped head a having a hand e b, and of which is mounted a rotary shaft 0 on which is rotatably mountprovide ed a threaded sleeve (1 and said shaft is pro vided at one end with a thumb nut d and at the opposite end with an arm (i which is rigidly secured thereto and provided at its free end with a weight 05*. -I also provide a plurality of print-in or ruling disks e which are mounted on t e sleeve d, and and the central bores e of which are threaded to correspond with the thread on said sleeve and'these disks or rollers 6 may be adjusted toward and from each other and into any desired lositio-n, by simply turning them on said s eeve.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the. method of using my improvement as alruler' for the purpose of ruling a sheet of paper f, andinthis operation, I employa straight edge g of' any kind or class and in practice the device is operated by rasping the handle I) in one hand and holding the arm (1 adjacent to or against the straight edge 9 and then drawing the device across the sheet f, the disks or rollers e having been first drawn over an inking pad or similar device and by means of this operation the sheet f is provided with parallel lines f as will be readily understood.

The disks or rollers 6 when used for the purpose of ruling are provided with central peripheral heads .2 which are V-shaped in cross section or provided with suitable edges for the purpose of forming the lines 7" and in the above described operation the sleeve d rotates on the shaft 0.

The sleeve d cannot move longitudinally of the shaft 0 and when the disks or rollers e are adjusted 011 said sleeve into the desired position and the device is operated in the manner shown in Fig. 1 and above de scribed, the lines 7 will be made perfectly straight and perfectly parallel, and the arm 3 projects at right angles to the shaft 0 and forms a guide for the device and facilitates the operation thereof, and insures the steady movement of the device across the sheet of paper with the shaft 0 at right angles to the straight edge g.

Thearm d is rigidly connected with the shaft 0 as hereinbefore described and may, when in use, project forwardly as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2 or may extend backwardly as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a printin disk or roller 6' which may be substituted or the disks or rollers e shown in Fi s. 1 to 3 inclusive, and the face of the isk or roller 6* is provided, in practice, with fi res e, which may represent persons, ob ects or things, and when disks or rollers e are mounted on the sleeve d and the device operated as hereinbefore described the sheet 0 paper f may be provided with a row or rows of pictures h printed by the disk or roller 6 or a number said disks or rollers as will be understood. This form of my improvement is particularly designed for use by and for the amusement of children, and my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, is not limited to the use of the sleeve d on the shaft 0 nor to the method of adjusting the ruling or printing rollers on said sleeve and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages. 4

Having fully described my invent10n,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the class described comprising a yoke-shaped head provided with a handle,- a shaft .mounted in the sides o f theyoke sh: 12d head, a threaded sleeve rotatable on said shaft and disks or rollers mounted on said sleeve and threaded to cor'rs end with the thread thereof and adapte' to turn therewith, one end of said shaft being also provided with a guide arm which projects at. right angles thereto.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 8th day of April 1910.

MAX MEYERHEIM. 

